Have Alfredo Amezcua’s followers become a cult?
An old friend of mine got really upset at me this week for something I wrote about failed Santa Ana Mayoral candidate Alfredo Amezcua. I told him that Amezcua lied…
2012 Elections
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Jose Solorio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Will Jose Solorio run for the Santa Ana City Council again in 2012?
Assemblyman Jose Solorio won reelection easily in November, as he always has. But he is going to term out of his seat in the 69th Assembly District in 2012. It…
Mayor Pulido’s involvement in state real estate deal not illegal
By most accounts Pulido in his capacity as a businessman, not Mayor, pulled together a group of investors to purchase 11 parcels currently owned by the state. There is nothing…
Did Pulido earn a fee by helping to seal a $2.3 billion dollar real estate deal?
The State of California announced on Oct. 12 that it would be selling 24 government office buildings — including the Ronald Reagan State Building in Los Angeles and the San…
Blogs
Carlos Bustamante
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Bloggers and media demonstrate Santa Ana must be the most interesting city in OC
Read the local blogs or the pseudo-media and you will see an incredible fascination, some might say obsession, with our great city and our elected officials. Whether they live in…
Have critics of the Santa Ana City Council gone too far?
My colleague, Sean Mill, recently extended an invitation to the editor of a local news and entertainment publication to go on a ride-along with Mayor Miguel Pulido, to see some…
City Council installation set for December 14th
The 2010 Mayor and City Council Installation ceremony has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 14th at 6:00 PM in the City of Santa Ana Council Chambers located at 22 Civic…
Alfredo Amezcua
Carlos Bustamante
Civic Affairs
Claudia Alvarez
David Benavides
Democratic Party
Elections
Janet Nguyen
Jose Solorio
Michele Martinez
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
Who will run for the Santa Ana City Council in 2012?
This year's Santa Ana City Council elections were a mixed bag. On the one hand, mayoral challenger Alfredo Amezcua proved he could run a serious campaign - but he lost…
Solorio and Correa to speak at tonight’s Santa Ana City Council meeting
The Santa Ana City Council meeting is tonight, at 5 pm, at the Civic Center Plaza. Our Mayor, Miguel Pulido, has posted a few highlights about the meeting at his…
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido to serve once more on the OCTA’s Board of Directors
Santa Ana Mayor Miguel Pulido has retained his seat on the Orange County Transportation Authority's Board of Directors, according to the O.C. Register. This is good news for the residents…
Will the O.C. Supervisors dump Santa Ana and move the County seat to Irvine?
Orange County Supervisor John Moorlach has a plan to move the Orange County seat out of Santa Ana - to a 100 acre parcel the County owns next to the…
California
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Santa Ana receives $7.9 million for new parks, from a state fund
California's voters created a fund, in 2006, to support water-quality improvements, conservation, pollution-control efforts and parks, according to the O.C. Register. Yesterday the first grant recipients were announced - and…
2010 Elections
Alfredo Amezcua
Carlos Bustamante
Claudia Alvarez
Elections
Miguel Pulido
Politics
Sal Tinajero
Santa Ana
Vince Sarmiento
If Brown appoints Pulido to a state post, get ready for Mayor Alvarez
When Jerry Brown came to Santa Ana, to speak at the O.C. Labor Day event, he first stopped to visit at Mayor Miguel Pulido's home. Now that both Brown and…
Santa Ana voters reject Amezcua, the Usual Suspects and the Coalition of No
The ballots have been cast and the votes tallied and Santa Ana voters sent a message that was loud and clear. The people of the "Golden City" soundly reject Alfredo…
Santa Ana Election Results – Amezcua loses badly
The O.C. Voter Registrar has just about processed all the votes. Here are a few of the more interesting results: Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez beat Van Tran, by 8 points. The…